Benny Rhamdani Doesn't Rush To Call The Initials T To Jokowi And The National Police Chief

Head of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) Benny Rhamdani when questioned at the Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - Head of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) Benny Rhamdani is said to have never straightforwardly conveyed the figure with the initials T to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo and other state officials during a limited meeting (ratas).

This was revealed based on the results of Benny Rhamdani's examination at the Police Criminal Investigation Unit, on Monday, August 5.

"He said no, he said it was not conveyed straightforwardly who it was Mister T," said the Director of General Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Djuhandani Rahardjo Puro to reporters quoted on Tuesday, August 6.

The results of this examination are inversely proportional to Benny's initial information. At that time, Jokowi and the National Police Chief were said to have been surprised when they heard what he said about the initials T.

Not only that, in the second examination which lasted approximately 8 hours starting from 12.12 WIB to 20.17 WIB, Benny also admitted that he did not know who T really was.

Instead, the Head of BP2MI told investigators that it was not his job to reveal who the T really was.

In fact, when investigated, Benny did not have any evidence. It is only said again if the information is obtained from someone who has died.

"Then, we asked about the initials T. The person concerned could not answer who it was Mister T, then the person concerned only conveyed information that hopefully it could be revealed by the Police who initials T, that's all," he said.

"There is no evidence, even the initials T cannot be mentioned by the person concerned," continued Djuhandhani.

So far, Benny said that information about the initials T, referred to as controlling online gambling or TIP, was obtained from the chairman of the BP2MI in the Serang area who had died.

That confession has changed from before. This is because Benny had mentioned that the information on the figure of T was obtained from two people who were illegally employed in Cambodia.

"In the beginning, yesterday on May 23, it was conveyed from one of the victims or migrant workers who were from Cambodia, now the information is being collected from Joko Purwanto's brother, who happened to be the Head of BP2MI from Serang and is currently dead," said Djuhandhani.